Political history of ancient India : from the accession of Parikshit to the extinction of the Gupta dynasty / by Hemchandra Raychaudhuri ; commentary by B. N. Mukherjee

Includes appendices and indices.

PART I : FROM THE ACCESSION OF PARIKSHIT TO THE CORONATION OF BIMBISARA : Introduction -- Kurus and Videhas -- Mahajanapadas and kingship -- PART II : FROM THE CORONATION OF BIMBISARA TO THE EXTINCTION OF THE GUPTA DTNASTY : Introduction -- The rise of Magadha -- The Persian and Macedonian invasions -- The Maurya empire : the era of Digvijaya -- The Maurya empire : the era of Dhamavijaya and decline -- The Baimbika-Sunga empire and the Bactrian Greeks -- The fall of the Magadhan and Indo-Greek powers -- Scythian rules in northern India -- Scythian rules in southern and western India -- The Gupta empire : the rise of the Gupta empire -- The Gupta empire (continued) : the age of The Vikaramadityas -- The Gupta empire (continued) : the later Guptas